On the morning of July 20, Wu Benlang will lead the main force of the naval division to take a warship, and sail forward through the spacious Tongji channel, like a bamboo, and kill the Sun Gate Square, while Wu Benlang's general Fei Qingnu led the division to kill the eastern capital Nancheng, seize the moon, and attack Nanguo with the main force in front and back to relieve the siege of Nanguo.

At the same time, under the command of Qu Tutong, the general of the right guard, the Hebei army of the Hebei envoy Cui Hongsheng, the Youzhou army of Zhuojun deputy who stayed behind Chen Ling, the Eastern Capital Garrison of Wu Benlang's general Li Gongting, and the army of the Heyang Governor's Mansion led by Yang Hao, the king of Qin, and the Yingyangwei supported from Changping and Shangdang counties, defeated the resistance of the rebels at Jingu at the western foot of the mountain. All the way, they went straight to Kim Yong City and Huiluocang on the outskirts of the Eastern Capital, striving to relieve the siege of the imperial city in the shortest possible time.

At this moment, Yang Shen has led the main force to retreat westward, and is rushing in the direction of Mianchi, Yang Xuanzong has also withdrawn to the front line of Hangu Pass and Cijian Road, only Wang Zhongbo is still holding on to the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, trying his best to buy time. Seeing that the Weifu army was overwhelming, Wang Zhongbo knew that he could not fight again, so he ordered all the troops to withdraw from the eastern capital at noon and go straight to Hangu from the direction of Xiyuan.

In the afternoon, Qu Tutong, the general of the right guard, and Zhou Fashang, the deputy head of the water division, met in the Sun Gate Square, and Li Gongting, the Wu Benlang general of the Eastern Capital Garrison, and Fei Qingnu, the Wu Benlang general of the Water Division, also met in Xiyuan.

Yang Tong, the king of Yue, led the eastern capital to stay behind Fan Zigai, Yang Gongren, the Duke of Guanguo, Dugu Sheng, the left prison gate, and Li Hun, the general of the right Xiaowei, went out of the Sun Gate to "greet" the soldiers.

At dusk, the general of the right Yiwei and the chief of the navy came to Hu'er to arrive in the eastern capital and entered the imperial city to meet the king of Yue.

In the evening, Zuo Yiwei's general Yu Wenshu and the provincial Taifu Qing Yuan Wendu, Zong Zhengqing Cui Junxuan, and the scribe Yu Shi Wei Yunqi also rushed to the eastern capital, first met with the king of Yue, and then under the auspices of the king of Yue, discussed the counterinsurgency and stability maintenance strategies in Shangshudu Province overnight.

Yang Xuangan's rebels should be quickly pacified, and the situation in the eastern capital should be quickly stabilized, both of which are top priorities, there is no distinction between priority and priority, and they must be carried out at the same time, so after some discussion, Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and the officials left behind in the eastern capital were responsible for stabilizing the situation in the eastern capital, while the two supreme commanders of the Wei Mansion, Zuo Yiwei General Yu Wenshu and Right Yiwei General Lai Hu'er, were responsible for encircling and suppressing Yang Xuangan.

There is a key issue in maintaining stability in the Eastern Capital, that is, how to deal with the old days of Yang Xuangan and his relatives and friends of the same party? What about those who actively or passively defected to the enemy after being captured because of their lack of firmness in this mutiny, as well as the relatives and friends who suffered as a result? And what about those who were derelict in their duties, dereliction of duty, or inaction in this mutiny?

Rewards and punishments should be strict, handling should be fair, violators must be punished, and meritorious service must be rewarded; this is the basic principle of calming people's minds and stabilizing the situation. If those who should be killed are not killed, those who should be punished are not punished, and those who should be rewarded are not rewarded, it will inevitably arouse public anger, and what is stricter is that the dignity of the law will be desecrated, and the authority of the central government will be attacked, once the law is trampled on by more people, and the central authority will plummet, there will be more and more people who violate the law and discipline, and the rebellion will become more and more fierce to form a great tide that will sweep the entire Middle Earth, and the central government's control over the local government will become weaker and weaker, which will further worsen the domestic situation. At that time, even if the imperial court uses force to forcibly suppress the "public anger", it will be useless, and it will be difficult to curb the tide of rebellion, after all, the dignity of the law is the foundation of the country, and the authority of the central government is the source of maintaining stability.

However, the wealthy families maintain each other, the political groups also protect each other, and the officials protect each other. At the beginning, Wei Wensheng had already aroused the "public anger" of the aristocracy and bureaucracy by killing people in Xijing and even digging people's ancestral graves, and this directly led him to flee in the battle of Michi, if it wasn't for Yang Xuangan's mistake, Wei Wensheng would have been wiped out. The situation in the eastern capital is better, Fan Zigai still maintains his sanity, and he killed a Pei Hongce, which has completely offended the Pei family in Hedong, and the deep hatred is over, if you kill more, there will be more wealthy families offended, and Fan Zigai can't afford this consequence at all. He can not think about himself, but he must think about future generations, and he can't do things absolutely no matter what.

Shangshudu Province fell into a huge disagreement on this key issue, and could not form a decision at all, and although Yuwenshu brought the edict of the Holy Lord, the Holy Lord was also cautious and conservative on this key issue, he only made one thing clear, all that should be arrested should be arrested, as for how to punish it, wait for the central review before talking.

Sheng's purpose is not to defend the aristocracy and bureaucracy, but to take advantage of this mutiny, taking the opportunity of killing Yang Xuangan and his comrades to sweep away the conservative forces in the court, that is, as long as you are a conservative, even if you don't break the law, I will frame you out of thin air and put a guilty hat on you and drive you out of the court.

In fact, this kind of thing of attacking political enemies can't be delayed, the longer the time drags on, the greater the variables, the best thing is to cut through the mess quickly, kill all the people who should be killed, and would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one, but now the shape is not allowed, Yang Xuangan has not broken through Tongguan, and the Guanlong people are still firmly in control of Xijing, once the Dongdu side can't wait to start killing people and purge the conservative forces, the "impact" on Xijing will be too great, Xijing is desperate, it will inevitably open the gate of Tongguan, and join forces with Yang Xuangan to fight against the Eastern Capital, Then the consequences will be out of control.

Therefore, the Holy Lord has the meaning of "first stabilize and then kill in turn", but how can Xijing be fooled?

After Yuwen Shu arrived in the province, he discussed it with Wei Yunqi, the secretary of the imperial court, and Wei Ji, the Taichang Shaoqing. The bottom line on Xijing's side is that Yang Xuangan and his comrades should indeed be killed because of their rebellion, but the relatives and friends affected by them are old, except for those who participated in the mutiny, they must be severely punished, and the rest will not be investigated. The reason is very simple, there have been constant political storms in recent years, and most of the people who have been killed are Guanlong people, but Guanlong people are the greatest contributors to the unification of Middle Earth, and they are the foundation of Guozuo. Yang Xuangan's mutiny is a bloody lesson, and the Holy Lord and all the central ministers of Guanlong who support the Holy Lord should feel a deep crisis from it, and should seriously reflect on it, instead of continuing to kill each other, making the relatives painful and the enemies happy, and going farther and farther on the road of no return.

This is an open threat, Yang Xuangan and his allies threaten the Holy Lord with force, while Xijing threatens the Holy Lord with the survival of Guozuo. Yuwenshu was helpless and could only compromise, and the direct consequence of the compromise was that if Xijing could not regain the status of Jingshi and become the political and economic and cultural center of Middle-earth again, then the eastern capital must give more power and wealth to the conservative forces dominated by the Guanlong people, in other words, although the radical conservative forces led by Yang Xuangan were destroyed, when it came to dividing up the power and wealth of this political force, Xijing must get the "big head".

Xijing's demand seemed reasonable and legitimate, punishing the rebels and appeasing the innocent victims, thus ensuring that the Guanlong aristocratic clique would not suffer heavy losses and quickly stabilizing the situation, but this demand did not satisfy the political interests of the Holy Lord and the reformers, nor did it compensate for the political losses caused to the Holy Lord and the reformers by the defeat of the Second Eastern Crusade led by Yang Xuangan's rebellion.

In other words, Xijing was the beneficiary of this storm, but the Holy Lord and the reformers were the victims of this storm, so it is not difficult to guess that the Holy Lord and the Central Committee really had difficulty accepting Xijing's conditions. But what are the consequences if you don't accept it? In the short term, the storm will certainly not subside, but will become more and more intense, which will further worsen the domestic situation, and the damage to the Holy Lord and the reformers will become more and more severe, and finally they will have to "bow their heads" to Xijing. Since sooner or later we have to compromise and make concessions to Xijing, it is better to make a decision immediately, agree to Xijing's conditions, and reduce our own losses as much as possible.

Yuwen Shu urgently reported to the Holy Lord, and before the Holy Lord did not reply, Yuwen Shu exercised the power granted by the Holy Lord to dispose of the situation at the right time, and accepted the conditions put forward by Xijing, so as to win the support of Xijing, kill Yang Xuangan in the shortest possible time, quell the rebellion, quickly stabilize the situation in the two capitals, and minimize the losses.

Therefore, with the tacit cooperation of Yu Wenshu, Wei Yunqi and others, the core issue of stability maintenance, that is, the punishment of rebellion, could not form a decision, so it could only be "shelved" and waited for the final verdict of the Holy Lord and the center.

From this moment on, all those who rebel and those who are affected by it are strictly forbidden to be killed, even if Yang Xuangan is captured alive, they should not be beheaded immediately, but handed over to the Holy Lord for ruling.

In the early morning of July 21, Yuwen Shu left the imperial city and went to the camp of the sailor on the Sun Gate Square to meet with Laihu'er and Zhou Fashang.

From the current complicated situation in the two capitals, it can be seen that the two successive defeats of the Eastern Crusade and the rebellion of Yang Xuangan have dealt too great a blow to the Holy Lord and the reformers, and the position of the Eastern Capital Political Center has been openly "challenged" by Xijing, while the Holy Lord and the Central Committee are in a difficult situation, and the room for maneuver is too small and very passive. It is foreseeable that the next political liquidation will be "loud and rainy" under the deliberate obstruction of Xijing, and the "counteroffensive" of the conservative forces that have formed a group will become more and more sharp, and on the contrary, the reformers will be powerless and retreat in the face of the "counteroffensive" of the conservative forces because they have suffered heavy setbacks on many "fronts" such as political and military, national defense and diplomacy at home and abroad.

What to do? How to reverse the dilemma? Yu Wenshu began to seriously think about the construction of the Third Eastern Crusade proposed by the Holy Lord, and if he wanted to launch the Third Eastern Crusade, he must put down the rebellion and stabilize the two capitals in the shortest possible time, and this required the full support of Laihu'er, Zhou Fashang, and the sailors and soldiers.

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